From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

In the Virtual Combat Space, Li Yang was fighting nonstop.

Three days later, he finally left the combat space.

Shen Xuan had been eliminated, his final rank being 90,000th.

’My rank is 90,000th. I wonder what Li Yang’s is?’ Shen Xuan thought to himself.

A rank like his meant he couldn’t enter the third round.

However, Li Yang’s strength was far greater than his.

It was impossible for him, but Li Yang had a great chance.

As long as Li Yang could get into the Yangyuan Empire, Earth would no longer have to worry about Celestial Net from the Yuanlan Clan.

Filled with anticipation, Shen Xuan had just left the tournament’s selection space when he saw Li Yang’s ranking and froze.

At this moment, Li Yang was ranked below 100,000,000!

”How is that possible?”

Seeing this, a look of utter disbelief appeared on Shen Xuan’s face.

’The competition has been going on for three days now. How can Li Yang’s rank be so low?’

While he was feeling bewildered, Li Yang appeared before him.

”Big Brother?”

”Li Yang, your rank...” Seeing Li Yang, Shen Xuan asked hurriedly.

Li Yang’s expression was calm as he quickly explained what had happened.

”What? You’re saying that Celestial Net also entered the competition space and eliminated you right away?” Shen Xuan’s expression shifted constantly.

Finally, his face darkened, and he said, ”That bastard.”

Li Yang’s strength gave him a very good chance of placing in the top 100,000 of the Yangyuan Star Continent and being recruited by the Yangyuan Empire.

But because of Celestial Net’s interference, Li Yang ended up at the bottom of the rankings for even the second round.

”Big Brother, there’s no hope this time, but we’ll have a next time,” Li Yang said in a low voice. ”Celestial Net... I will kill him one day.”

Thinking about what had happened, Li Yang’s heart was still full of frustration and rage.

”He deserves to die!”

Shen Xuan’s eyes were also filled with killing intent.

Suppressing Earth, extinguishing its hope... a person like that deserved to be killed ten thousand times over.

...

Li Yang finishing at the bottom of the Golden Moon Empire’s second round caused basically no ripples.

Four days later, the thousand-plus galaxies under the Golden Moon Empire had selected their top 10,000 contestants. These 10,000, along with the top 10,000 from territories ruled by other Deities, would compete for the final 100,000 spots.

The attention of the Milky Way Galaxy was also focused on these 100,000 spots.

”Over a thousand galaxies, ten thousand geniuses, and only six from our Milky Way Galaxy made it in. The strongest among them is ranked 392nd.”

”I remember our Milky Way Galaxy had a genius named Li Yang, right? His rank in the first round was pretty high, even in the top 200. How come he’s not on the list?”

”Sigh, don’t even mention it. I was paying special attention to this Li Yang. In the second round, he ranked below 100,000,000. Who knows how he even passed the first round? He probably used some method to suddenly spike his power!”

”Li Yang is such a disappointment.”

The entire Milky Way Galaxy was abuzz with discussion, and many people were talking about Li Yang.

After all, Li Yang’s rank in the first round had been very high; he was even the strongest contender from the Milky Way Galaxy.

But his rank in the second round was so poor. There was only one possible explanation: Li Yang had learned a Secret Technique for a sudden power boost, used it during the first round, and that’s how he instantly killed the standard-mode virtual person.

In the first round, there were quite a few people like that—they ranked high initially, but when it came to their actual combat strength in the second round, their rankings plummeted.

A power-boosting Secret Technique might be good, but after using it, one would quickly enter a weakened state. With their strength so low, they had a high chance of being eliminated if they encountered anyone else.

Now, in everyone’s eyes, Li Yang had undoubtedly become one of those people.

In a short time, the name Li Yang was forgotten by the masses—or rather, forgotten after being cursed a few times.

Losers don’t deserve to have their names remembered.

Everyone’s attention was now on the Yangyuan Empire’s final, third round of the talent selection!

Recruiting 100,000 geniuses at once—the Yangyuan Emperor had rarely made such a decision. This gave many geniuses a chance!

The selection would last ten days. Whoever could become one of the lucky ones would see their status soar to the heavens!

...

While everyone was watching the competition, Li Yang was on Earth, deep beneath the sea.

Before his eyes, a white tree faintly glowed with a soft light.

’The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar is finally about to be born!’

Li Yang took a deep breath, his eyes filled with anticipation.

More than four months had passed since he obtained the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s blood. Now, this powerful being of an extremely high life level was finally about to emerge completely!

Li Yang watched, and after a few seconds, an opening actually appeared on a branch of the World Tree. Then, a creature only the size of a palm swam out.

The creature looked like a small snake, but its entire body was golden and covered in scales. Each scale was etched with incredibly intricate patterns.

It even had two feet, and each foot had three claws.

’So this is the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon?’

Li Yang watched silently. Except for the lack of horns, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s overall appearance was incredibly similar to the dragons of legend.

He carefully sensed it; the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s consciousness was his own. He flexed its claws, quickly familiarizing himself with this new avatar.

Once he was familiar with it, a rare smile appeared on Li Yang’s face.

’Time to raise its power!’

Previously, after the Thunder Star Beast avatar was born, it had grown to the Peak of King Level in just three short hours!

Whatever realm the main body cultivated to, the avatar could also quickly reach, as long as it didn’t surpass the main body.

’Absorb!’

With a thought, the small, snake-like body of the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon seemed to turn into a black hole. Torrents of Spiritual Power from the surroundings rushed over, pouring into its body!

’The speed of absorbing Spiritual Power is a bit faster than the Thunder Star Beast, but it would still take an hour.’

Before, when the Thunder Star Beast avatar was first born, it could absorb Spiritual Power without limit. It took over three hours to finally reach the Peak of King Level.

Although the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar was faster now, it would still take some time.

’Over an hour is too long. I’ll just use an energy potion!’

Li Yang only tested it for a moment before stopping. He decided to use energy potions to raise the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s strength instead.

Though the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon was born with an innate grasp of three profundities of the Space Law, it could only begin to truly comprehend them upon reaching the Spirit Awakening Realm. The stronger it became, the faster its comprehension would be.

Reaching that level an hour earlier meant he would have an extra hour to comprehend the Space Law.

How much energy did it even take to go from zero to the Peak of King Level? The real consumption would come later, going from the Early Law Realm to the Peak of Law Realm.

Right now, Li Yang still had a lot of Galaxy Coins and plenty of resources.

The Purple Brilliance Crystal Stone mine was being excavated, and he still had two Teleportation Stones. If he sold just one, his wealth would be comparable to a World Realm expert!

In fact, Li Yang had already done so.

Previously, he had less than 100 billion Galaxy Coins left, but the energy potions needed to go from the Early Law Realm to the Peak of Law Realm alone cost 200 billion Galaxy Coins—something Li Yang simply couldn’t afford.

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s rapid growth required energy potions, costing at least 200 billion Galaxy Coins!

Besides that, Li Yang needed to buy other things too! So, during this time, Li Yang had made another trip to the Cosmos.

When it came to resources, Li Yang didn’t hesitate to spend.

With a wave of his right hand, an energy potion appeared, and the aura of the small Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar began to surge!

Yellow Level... Profound Level... Earth-Level... Celestial Level...

In just a few seconds, its strength broke through the Celestial Level and shot directly into the King Level!

After reaching the King Level, its rate of advancement didn’t even slow down.

Another dozen or so seconds passed, and its strength soared directly to the Peak of King Level!

At this point, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s body had also grown to two meters long.

’Now, time to break through to the Law Realm!’

Li Yang continued to watch. With the Thunder Law comprehended by the Thunder Star Beast avatar, it could easily break through to the Law Realm.

As another of Li Yang’s avatars, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar also had complete knowledge of the Thunder Law that the Thunder Star Beast had comprehended.

At this moment, this favored child of the Space Law was actually emanating fluctuations of the Thunder Law’s profundities!

BOOM!

Wisps of energy appeared between heaven and earth, continuously pouring into the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s body.

It had officially broken through to the Law Realm!